Staff Spotlight: Ms. Emily Fry Ms. Fry joined our team this year, and we are so fortunate to have her on our campus! Ms. Fry is a graduate from The University of Texas At Tyler. She teaches our wonderful first graders. When you enter her classroom, you see students who are engaged and excited to learn! She is always hard at work growing great readers, writers, & mathematicians! Ms. Fry loves reading, books, coffee, and shopping. Her favorite subjects to teach are Reading and Writing. A fun fact about Ms. Fry is she won the school spelling bee in middle school
Staff Spotlight: Cafeteria Staff
Shetterria Kelly, Claudia Ramirez, Shaneka Hamilton
These ladies get to Clarkston early every morning (as early as 5am!). They know all the dietary needs of our students, making sure that no one goes hungry. They always have a smile on their faces and a kind word for a friend. They like to celebrate our wins with a cheer for a birthday or a congratulations for an achievement. We love our Cougar Cafe staff! 🐾
4th grade investigating the rotation of the sun & shadows. ☀️
Cougar Nation: Please use the link below to access the weekly Cougar Connection.
https://tylerisd.edurooms.com/engage/clarkston-elementary-school/newsletters/cougar-connection-march-7-2025
Have a great weekend!
Class pictures on Monday!
Yesterday our teachers worked together to learn more about what collaborative teams look like. Our teachers are always working to improve and get better for our students! 🤝 💪
Earlier this week we celebrated our 3rd graders and their hard work on the recent Reading & Writing benchmark test. Students who passed were rewarded with candy and signed their name on our MVP board in the front hallway! 🎊 🧠 💪 📚 ✍️
Mrs. Wheeler's 2nd graders are diving into the concept of time! They used their clocks to explore, create different times, and are and practice important time-related vocabulary.
Families, when your little ones are home, ask them about what they've learned and see if they can share their new knowledge of time with you!
Way to go 2nd grade!🐾
We traveled to Disney today for Read Across America week! Mrs. Brittain's class experienced the castle and fireworks show during their virtual field trip!
Ms. Matthews Kindergarten class learned about drawing conclusions about graphs. They watched Ms. Matthews model, and then they worked with partners on answering questions about a graph. Great job, Kinder Cougars! 🐾
Mrs. Mercer's 4th grade math students have been incorporating exercises into their lessons! Student helpers roll dice and the class completes an exercise based on a grid. 🧠 💪
Today's weather is dark and gloomy ⛈️ but last Friday was the perfect day to celebrate the excellent behavior we've been seeing! Students at our behavior party enjoyed decorating Crumbl cookies and outdoor games. 🍪 ⚽️ 🏀
Mrs. Daniell's kindergarteners have been working hard on their writing skills to get ready for 1st grade! ✍️ 🧠 💪
Congratulations to our February teacher, staff, & students of the month!
Teacher: Sara Wheeler
Paraprofessional: Jenn Hinton
PK: Rachel Thompson
K: Kali House
1st: Savion Pinkney
2nd: Landon Posey
3rd: Ayanna Garcia
4th: Talia Steele
5th: Emerie Faries
BIG Art Day! 3rd-5th artists at work! 🎨👨🎨🐾
Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Kinney and Ms. Clayton.
Mrs. Kinney and Ms. Clayton are so important to us at Clarkston. As Media Technology Specialist and Media Technology Specialist Assistan, they make sure students have access to books and digital resources they need to be successful! Our Cougars love the engaging read-alouds and activities Mrs. Kinney and Ms. Clayton plan for them. They are always helping and doing anything and everything!
Also, a huge shoutout to them for having a great book fair!
Thank you to our Media Technology crew for all you do to support us at Clarkston!
Join us next week as we celebrate Read Across America Week! We are only dressing up on non-testing days to prevent any distractions while are students are doing their best on benchmark days.
Our 5th graders are learning food chains by making actual chains. The students explained how energy is being transferred by consumers and producers and how they connect and overlap.
Way to go, Mrs. Johnson's Class! 🐾
Last week, our Cougars had the opportunity to share kindness week with some of our community partners. We ❤️ learning from those around us! Thank you to our community partners for pouring into our Cougars! 🐾
Our 2nd graders worked independently on their Black History Projects. They did their own research, wrote the information, and presented it all on their own. We are so proud of our 2nd graders and all of their hard work!
Our 2nd graders are doing great things! 🐾
Our 3rd graders were able to practice their Black History Projects in class before the Living Museum. Here are just a few of our proud 3rd graders who presented and rocked it in front of their peers!
Our Cougars worked hard on their projects and learned a lot! Great job to every Cougar for their projects and their speeches! 🐾
